Does size matter? Bumblebee behaviour and the pollination of Cytisus scoparius L. (Fabaceae)

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Issue		Apidologie Volume 31, Number 1, January-Febuary 2000


Page(s)		129 - 139
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2000111

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